This is the cost of implementing new border controls to check the transport of goods from the UK and European Union, not including staffing and maintenance costs. The new arrangements will make trade with the EU more costly and difficult, harming the Scottish and UK economy. Post-Brexit border checks have already cost British businesses an estimated £7.5 billion a year in new red tape, says the NAO. In addition, £62 million was spent on Dover White Cliffs and Dover Bastion Point by the UK... Read this story
